Rating System

1 - don't waste valuable beer calories on me
2 - tasty, walter approves
3 - so good you should have it for breakfast

Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Innkeeper

The Innkeeper English Ale (recipe from Northern Brewer)
5 gallons extract

o.25 lbs Simpsons Extra Dark Crystal
0.25 lbs Belgian Biscuit Malt

3.15 lbs Pilsen LME
1 lb Pilsen DME
1 lb corn sugar

1 oz Fuggles @ 4.2% AA (60 min.)
1 oz East Kent Goldings @ 7.2% AA (45 min.)
1 oz Styrian Goldings @ 4.6% AA (5 min.)

Wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire Ale

60 min boil

Pitched: OG 1.042 on December 12, 2010
Kegged: FG 1.012 on December 21, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Peat-Smoked Porter

Peat-Smoked Porter (recipe from Northern Brewer)
5 gallons extract
October 17, 2010

1 lb black malt
0.25 lb Briess caramel 80
0.25 lb peated malt

6 lbs dark LME
2 lbs dark DME

1 oz Cluster @ 7.5% AA (60 min.)
1 oz Willamette @ 4.7% AA (40 min.)
1 oz Willamette @ 4.7% AA (15 min.)

Wyeast 1056 American Ale

60 min boil

Pitched: OG 1.060 on October 17, 2010
Secondary: SG 1.021 on October 31, 2010
Bottled: FG 1.020 on January 22, 2011

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Cider

Cider
6 gallons)
10/16/2010

6 gallons local unpasturized cider
mix of common New England apples)

yeast:
Wyeast 4766 Cider

1.052 OG on 10/16

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Fresh Hop Porter

Fresh Hop Porter
(5 gallons)
9/4/2010

7.5 lbs english maris otter
0.5 lbs simpsons dark crystal malt
0.5 lbs simpsons chocolate malt
0.5 lbs simpsons black malt

1.0 oz pellet kent goldings (60 min)
0.5 oz fresh chinook (60 min)
0.5 oz fresh cascade (15 min)
5.5 oz fresh fuggles (5 min)

yeast:
safale S-04

Infusion mash at 150 for 60 min

60 min boil

1.046 OG on 9/4
1.022 secondary on 9/11
1.022 keg on 10/9

Hop Harvest 2010

Harvested all plants on 9/4/2010. Clockwise from plant closest to the road, my 2010 yields (wet wieght):

0.0 oz sterling
5.5 oz fuggles
0.5 oz cascade
0.5 oz chinook
0.0 oz mt hood

Only the fuggles plant made it up and over the cable. Hopefully next year the plants will be more established and have higher yield.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Fresh Hop Ale 2010

5 gal all grain
brewed with 2010 Sunny Croft Hops (total harvested 12 oz dry wt)

Grain Bill
10 # Maris Otter
0.5 # Carapils
1 # Crystal Malt medium

Hops (all dry Sunny Croft Cascade)
5 oz 60 min
3 oz 30 min
3 oz 1 min

Safeale S-04

Single infusion mash 155 for 60 min
Boil 60 min

9/3/10 OG 1044

Friday, August 6, 2010

Lambic

Lambic
(10 gallons)
8/1/2010

8.0 lbs torrified wheat
12.0 lbs belgian pilsner

4.0 oz ??? (120 min)

yeast:
wyeast 3763 roeselare ale blend
wyeast 3278 lambic blend

Protein mash at 130 for 30 min
Sacc mash at 150 for 30 min
Mash out at 155 for 10 min

120 min boil

1.050 OG on 8/1

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Celis Wit

Celis Wit Clone (recipe from Modern Brewer)
5 gallons extract
June 19, 2010

1 lb flaked oats (15 min @ 155F)

3.3lb wheat LME
3 lb wheat DME

1.5 oz Kent Goldings @ 4.5% AA (60 min.)

1 oz bitter orange peel (15 min.)

1 tsp ground coriander (5 min.)

Whitelabs WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale Yeast

60 min boil

Pitched: 1.044 OG on June 19, 2010
Secondary: 1.013 on July 2, 2010
Kegged: 1.012 on July 28, 2010

Sunday, June 13, 2010

La Fin Du Pistoles

La Fin du Pistoles
(5 gallons)
6/13/2010

11.0 lbs belgian pilsner
0.5 lbs special b
0.25 lbs briess carapils
0.25 lbs weyermann caramel wheat
1 lb dark candi sugar (0 min)

1.0 oz tettnang (60 min)
1.0 oz hersbrucker (60 min)
0.5 oz tettnang (30 min)
0.5 oz tettnang (0 min)

yeast:
wyeast 3864 canadian/belgian ale

Infusion mash at 155 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.066 OG on 6/13
1.020 secondary
1.020 keg on 7/10

Friday, May 28, 2010

Belgian Pale Ale

Belgain Pale Ale
(5 gallons)
5/28/2010

6.0 lbs belgian pilsner
2.5 lbs german vienna
0.5 lbs belgian caramunich
1 oz debittered black malt
1 lb corn sugar (0 min)

1.75 oz saaz (60 min)
0.25 oz saaz (15 min)

yeast:
wyeast 3655 belgian schelde

Infusion mash at 153 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.044 OG on 5/28

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Dark IPA

Dark IPA
(5 gallons)
5/08/2010

11.5 lbs rahr 2-row pale
0.50 lbs briess caramel 80L
0.25 lbs weyermann dehusked carafa II
0.25 lbs simpsons chocolate malt
1 lb corn sugar (0 min)

1 oz summit (60 min)
1 oz simcoe (15 min)
1 oz centennial (10 min)
1 oz cascade (5 min)
1 oz amarillo (0 min)

yeast:
wyeast 1272 american ale yeast II

Infusion mash at 153 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.070 OG on 5/08

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Capacity @ 26 lbs of grain

Biere de Garde

Biere de Garde
(10 gallons)
2/07/2010

20.0 lbs dingerman's pilsner
4.0 lbs german vienna
1.0 lbs dingerman's aromatic
1.0 lbs gambrinus honey malt

2.00 oz styrian goldings (90 min)

yeast:
Safele S-23 lager yeast

Infusion mash at 153 for 60 min
90 min boil

1.058 OG on 2/07

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Shepherd Neame IPA

Shepherd Neame IPA Clone
(5 gallons extract)
January 3, 2010

7 oz crystal 60 (substitute for crystal 55)
4 oz flaked wheat (substitute for torrefied wheat)
3 oz amber malt

6.5 lb Munton's Light DME

1.5 oz Target (unknown AA) (60 min.)

Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley Ale Yeast

60 min boil

Dry hopped with o.5 oz Styrian Goldings

Pitched: 1.054 OG on January 3, 2010
Secondary: 1.020 on January 19, 2010
Kegged: 1.010 on January 29, 2010